Episcopal Church removes priest who founded Christian psychedelic society

Episcopal Church removes priest who founded Christian psychedelic society

(RNS) — In 2016, a priest in the Episcopal Church had what he described as a profound, “very Christian” encounter with psychedelics in a study on religious professionals and psilocybin. Five years later, Hunt Priest said his experience inspired him to pivot from being a parish priest to founding the nonprofit Ligare, a Christian psychedelic organization. But on Aug. 5, after 20 years in the priesthood, Priest was removed from ordained ministry i…